Bath fixture



` CL 212, 1929- J. FALzl-:Rv 1,732,798'

BA'T'H FIXTURE Filed Aug. 27, 1928 7% f, 1W" J0 *Z3 124 17 ,j m f P *2l y f 2f f/ 2 420 16 ,J3 l J7 5 E13/@W575i JOS @U/z Fuz/@7? Patented Oct. 22, 1929 'UNITED S'lAvllil PTEltlT OFFICE ITGSEIH Fi'ltLZER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS BATH FIXTURE This invention relates to the art of bath lixtures, and has reference more particularly to a device for use in connection With shower baths for limiting the discharge oil' the Water spray and prevent it from being scattered over the entire floor of the bath compartment. One object of the invention is to provide a protective device in the nature of a curtain which, when in use, may be drawn entirely across the compartment in front of the bath fixture or xtures, and when not in use may be rolled up and preferably concealed Within a vertical recess in a Wall of the compartment.

The device of my invention is especially useful in bath compartments that are equipped With a tub and a spray nozzle overhanging the tub for shower purposes, and in such a situation the curtain is preferably located approximately in the vertical plane of the outer side Wall of the tub, one end of the curtain being Wound on a self-winding curtain roller mounted on or in a side Wall of the compartment, and the free end of the curtain being separably attached to the opposite Wall of the compartment. `When so mounted the curtain, in extended position, not only confines the spray to the space above the tub, but also effectively conceals the person of the bather behind it.

My invention, in an approved embodiment thereof, is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in Which- Fig. 1 is a top plan view in horizontal sec- 35 tion through the Walls of the compartment on. theline 1-1 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is front elevation, in vertical section through the Walls of the compartment on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, 10 may designate the rear Wall and 11 and 12 opposite side Walls of a bathroom or compartment, and 13 designates as an entirety a bath-tub of the built-in type therein, the outer side Wall of 5 the tub being designated by 13. lltounted in one of the Walls 11 and 12 is an ordinary spray nozzle 14; overhanging one end of the tub 13, for shower bath purposes.

In one of the side Walls, such as the Wall 11, is formed a vertical recess or narrow closet 15, and in this recess is mounted. a curtain roller 16 of the ordinary self-Winding type such as is commonly used on Window shades. On the roller 1G is mounted the curtain 17, the opposite end of which is equipped With an ordinary curtain stick 18 in a hem thereof, the latter being formed with holes 19 adapted, in the extended position of the curtain, to be engaged with fastenings, such as hooks 20 mounted inthe opposite side Wall 12. It will be observed by reference to F ig. 1 that the curtain 17 is so mounted that When in extended position it Will lie approximately in the vertical plane of the outer side Wall 13" of the tub, and When so mounted the lower edge of the curtain is preferably formed with an integral depending iiap 17 which overlaps the inner surface of the side Wall 13 of the tub, and prevents the spray from splashing outwardly below the lower edge of the curtain by causing the Water caught on the curtain to drain down into the tub.

To facilitate the reWinding of the curtain on its roller Without requiring the user to support the curtain during such rewindin-g, I preferably provide a rod 22 extending between the Walls 11 and 12 `just above the upper edge of the curtain, and a hook 23 attached to the upper edge of the curtain, preferably to the upper end of the curtain stick 18, slid ably rides on the rod 22. Where the curtain in Wound condition is concealed Within the closet 15, the rod 22 is preferably pivoted to a side Wall of the closet, as indicated at 24k sothat when not in use it can lie Within the closet alongside the curtain roller 16, and on the free end of the rod 22 is a depending pin 25 which enters a hole in an apertured bracket 26 attached to the Wall 12. The rod 22 is formed in telescoping sections since the length of the curtain 17 is somewhat greater than the height of the closet 15.

The curtain When not in use is Wound up on the roller 16 and is then Wholly contained Within the closet or recess 15, Which latter is preferably equipped with an ordinary hinged door 21 that may then be closed, so that the curtain, when not in use, is entirely out of sight and occupies no room Within the bath compartment. When the curtain is to be used, the bather, after entering the tub, opens the door 21, first grasps the rod 22, raising and extending the latter and engagingy its pin 25 with the bracket 26. He then grasps the -curtain stick 18, draws the curtain out and across the compartment, and

then engages the hook 23 with the rod 22 and the stick 18 with the hooks20. The flap 17, when used, falls against the inner side of the outer wall of the bath-tub, and the curtain thus serves both as guard to confine the shower spray to the tub and also as a shield for the person of the bather. Y When through, the bather irst releases the curtain stick 18 from the hooks 20, whereupon the curtain is drawn back and rewound by the Vcurtain stick spring, the slidingv engagement of hook 23 on rod 22 holding the curtain in rewinding position. The stick '22 is then disengaged from the bracket 26 and permitted to swing downwardly within the closet 15, and the door 21 is then closed, thereby concealing all parts of the fixture with the exception of the hooks 20 and bracket 26.

I claim 1. The combination with a bath compartment, a bath-tub therein, and a spray nozzle overhanging said bath-tub, of a curtain having a self-winding roller mounted vertically on'a wall of said compartment, and means Jfor separably fastening the free end of said curtain to the opposite wall of said compartment, said curtain in extended position lying in a` vertical plane approximately coincident with the vertical plane ofthe outer side wall of said tub, and having a free flap on its lower end of less width than the curtain overlapping the inner surface of said outer side wall.

2. The combination with a bath compartment, and a bath fixture therein, of a curtain having a self-winding roller mounted vertically on a wall of said compartment in fro-nt of said ixture, means for separably fastening the free end of said curtain to the opposite wall of said compartment, and means for supporting said curtain during the rewinding thereof.

3. The combination with a bath compartment, and abath fixture therein, of a curtain having a self-winding roller mounted vertically on a wall 0f said compartment in front of said ixture, means for separably fastening the free end of said curtain to the opposite wall of said compartment, a

- rod extending between said walls above the upper edge of said curtain, and a member attached to the upper portion of the free end of saidcurtain slidably engaged with said rod.

4C. The combination with a bath compartment having a vertical recessin a wall thereof, a bathstub in said compartment, of a curtain having a self-winding roller mounted vertically in said recess, means for separably fastening the free end of said curtain to the opposite wall of said compartment, said curtain in extended position lying in a vertical plane approximately coincident with the vertical plane of the outer side wall ot said tub, and in wound position being contained wholly in said recess, a rod hinged at one end to a wall of said recess, a bracket on the opposite wall adapted to support the free end oi' said rod when swung upwardly, and a hook attached to the free end of said curtain slidably engaging with said rod in the raised position of the later.

JOSEPH FALZER. 

